2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix

The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on 14 April 2018. The race was the third round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

The overall race was won by the #5 Action Express Racing team of João Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque, the duo's second win of the season. In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won for Corvette Racing, their second consecutive victory at the event.[1]

Background

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend.[2] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Entries
Further information: 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 22 cars took part in the event; 14 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class.[3] The GT Daytona (GTD) class did not take part in the event, owing to a lack of garage space at the circuit. Spirit of Daytona Racing withdrew from the event following a late accident in the previous month's 12 Hours of Sebring. BAR1 Motorsports also withdrew after attending Daytona, but skipping Sebring. In GTLM, the lineup remained unchanged, apart from Risi Competizione's exit.[4]

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:12.922 — 1
2 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:13.109 +0.187 2
3 P 55 Mazda Team Joest Harry Tincknell 1:13.156 +0.234 3
4 P 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:13.346 +0.424 4
5 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:13.733 +0.811 5
6 P 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:13.880 +0.958 6
7 P 77 Mazda Team Joest Tristan Nunez 1:13.929 +1.007 7
8 P 2 Tequila Patron ESM Scott Sharp 1:14.177 +1.255 8
9 P 52 AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Gustavo Yacamán 1:14.622 +1.700 9
10 P 22 Tequila Patron ESM Johannes van Overbeek 1:14.821 +1.899 10
11 P 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Kyle Masson 1:15.764 +2.842 11
12 P 99 JDC-Miller Motorsports Mikhail Goikhberg 1:15.807 +2.885 12
13 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:16.869 +3.947 13
14 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 1:17.013 +4.091 14
15 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet 1:17.263 +4.341 15
16 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 1:17.293 +4.371 16
17 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:17.533 +4.611 17
18 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:17.549 +4.627 18
19 P 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:17.672 +4.750 19
20 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:18.153 +5.231 20
21 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Jesse Krohn 1:18.224 +5.302 21
— P 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Did Not Participate —
Source:[5]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque
João Barbosa		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 70 1:41:03.988
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 P 2 Tequila Patron ESM Ryan Dalziel
Scott Sharp		 Ligier Nissan DPi 70 +4.766
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
3 P 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Jordan Taylor
Renger van der Zande		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 70 +5.249
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 P 77 Mazda Team Joest Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez		 Mazda RT24-P 70 +6.748
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
5 P 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron
Juan Pablo Montoya		 Acura ARX-05 70 +10.537
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 P 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor		 Acura ARX-05 70 +15.532
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
7 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Eric Curran
Felipe Nasr		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 70 +16.340
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8 P 99 JDC-Miller Motorsports Mikhail Goikhberg
Stephen Simpson		 Oreca 07 70 +19.686
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 P 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell		 Mazda RT24-P 70 +19.986
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
10 P 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun		 Oreca 07 70 +1:09.441
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 69 +1 Lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe
Richard Westbrook		 Ford GT 69 +1 Lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
13 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand
Dirk Müller		 Ford GT 69 +1 Lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jan Magnussen		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 69 +1 Lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
15 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Jesse Krohn		 BMW M8 GTE 69 +1 Lap
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
16 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy		 Porsche 911 RSR 69 +1 Lap
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 P 52 AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Sebastián Saavedra
Gustavo Yacamán		 Ligier JS P217 68 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor		 Porsche 911 RSR 52 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi
Alexander Sims		 BMW M8 GTE 37 Did Not Finish
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
20 P 22 Tequila Patron ESM Pipo Derani
Johannes van Overbeek		 Ligier Nissan DPi 32 Did Not Finish
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
21 P 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Robert Alon
Simon Trummer		 Oreca 07 20 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
22 P 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French
Kyle Masson		 Oreca 07 — Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[6]

References
  1. "Long Beach IMSA results: Cadillac, Chevrolet take WeatherTech SportsCar class wins in Prototype, GTLM". autoweek.com. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. "2018 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach Schedule". the562.org. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. "IMSA Long Beach entry list released". racer.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. "22 Car Entry List Released for 2018 IMSA Long Beach Contest". thedrive.com. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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